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missouri highway patrol captain ron johnson fielding questions from citizens including this gentleman who lodged his complaint about local police not following their own rules. >> kids see officers breaking the law. they say, why should we obey the law if officers don't? one small step would be to get the officers to obey the law. all the laws that they enforce. that's just a white man's opinion. and you've done a good job so far. thank you very much. >> i'm not going to take that as a white man's opinion. i'm going to take that as a man's opinion. i can tell you, this uniform doesn't put anyone above the law. you know, in my house, i obey the law. i expect my wife, kids, and family members to obey the law, and i'm expected to obey the law. >> captain ron johnson continuing his community relations work yesterday with attorney general holder. the discussion turned to marital relations. >> last time i was talking to you, your wife said you were sweating too much and worried about you not getting enough rest. >> i got home and there was a card on my pillow. i read it thinking it was goin
missouri highway patrol captain ron johnson fielding questions from citizens including this gentleman who lodged his complaint about local police not following their own rules. >> kids see officers breaking the law. they say, why should we obey the law if officers don't? one small step would be to get the officers to obey the law. all the laws that they enforce. that's just a white man's opinion. and you've done a good job so far. thank you very much. >> i'm not going to take that...
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captain ron johnson, charged with overseeing security. >> we had the community came out, activists, the elders of this community. >> after a briefing from fbi investigators and a meeting with elected officials, holder had an emotional meeting with michael brown's family. his trip to ferguson was intended to reassure the community there will be justice for mike brown delivered, possibly by an entity they can trust. the reason why his visit was so important is because of the chasm of distrust between the community and the st. louis county prosecutor. that investigation is now the subject of a political roar between mcculloch and the governor, which the prosecutor is practically daring the governor to take him out of the case. the governor has the authority to appoint a special prosecutor and mcculloch said he won't step aside unless ordered to do so. last night, the governor said he wouldn't ask him to recuse himself, but "there is a well established process by which a prosecutor can recuse himself from a pending investigation." in other words, each is saying no, you go first. mcculloch t
captain ron johnson, charged with overseeing security. >> we had the community came out, activists, the elders of this community. >> after a briefing from fbi investigators and a meeting with elected officials, holder had an emotional meeting with michael brown's family. his trip to ferguson was intended to reassure the community there will be justice for mike brown delivered, possibly by an entity they can trust. the reason why his visit was so important is because of the chasm of...
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even everyone is yelling at captain johnson and the governor, that's not the waynmo works. will there be charges?lpq is it enough? and we're moving alon+j$ @&h(lc% >>e1÷k trymaine lee, thank you much. >>> all right. we are live from ferguson, missouri. peaceful team out here so far. people v:s)r'g around and chanting. hey, man. exercising their first amendment rights to peacefully assemble. for now, things are calm. there is tension in the air. we'll be live for the hour, so stay with us. ♪ in the nation, the safest feature in your car is you. add vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance and get $100 off for every year of safe driving. which for you, shouldn't be a problem. just another way we put members first, because we don't have shareholders. join the nation. nationwide is on your side. say "hi" rudy. [ barks ] [ chuckles ] i'd do anything to keep this guy happy and healthy. that's why i'm so excited about these new milk-bone brushing chews. whoa, i'm not the only one. it's a brilliant new way to take care of his teeth. clinically proven as effective as brush
even everyone is yelling at captain johnson and the governor, that's not the waynmo works. will there be charges?lpq is it enough? and we're moving alon+j$ @&h(lc% >>e1÷k trymaine lee, thank you much. >>> all right. we are live from ferguson, missouri. peaceful team out here so far. people v:s)r'g around and chanting. hey, man. exercising their first amendment rights to peacefully assemble. for now, things are calm. there is tension in the air. we'll be live for the hour,...
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here's how commanding officer captain ron johnson described the moment things went back. >> at 9:40 p.m., more than 200 people walked toward police officers at the corner of west florissant and fuerguson avenue. they were loud and not aggressive. police did not react. in fact, several other protesters encouraged the crowd to turn around, indicating their message had been heard. that's when bottles were thrown from the middle and the back of a large crowd. >> by the time it was all over in the early hours of this morning, two people had been shot. police say not by them, and 78 had been arrested. we watched a few get arrested in wee hours of the morning just a few feet from here. today, another black man's death at the hands of police brought a neighborhood just about three miles away from here where mike brown was killed to the absolute brink. the circumstances were very different this time. two police officers in city of st. louis, north st. louis, fatally shot a man, they say wielding a knife after he took two bottles of energy drink from a convenience store. >> what we know right now
here's how commanding officer captain ron johnson described the moment things went back. >> at 9:40 p.m., more than 200 people walked toward police officers at the corner of west florissant and fuerguson avenue. they were loud and not aggressive. police did not react. in fact, several other protesters encouraged the crowd to turn around, indicating their message had been heard. that's when bottles were thrown from the middle and the back of a large crowd. >> by the time it was all...
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we also saw captain ron johnson, who is in charge of the scene here, but again, up until that point, largely peaceful. the curfew -- this is the video of the arrest that we shot a few moments ago. as i'm talking to you again, can see more folks running. lots of folks running now. sirens -- i think we can show you this. moving down the street, [sirens] >> this is something we just saw unfolding. >> we were just -- we just at the top of the show had gone up in the jeanie to get a look at what is happening and it's amazing how things just turn. we were ready to come on care and talk about the peaceful evening. weed seen this promenade happening here. people walking in a circle and basically yelling, protesting, and chanting, hands up, don't shoot and justice for mike brown and just two minutes before we were coming on with a show whose theme was tensions were holding, things had been very different, the efforts by the police tonight to strike a very different posture in terms of enforcement in revoking the curfew and in closing this off to vehicular traffic here. that would have been su
we also saw captain ron johnson, who is in charge of the scene here, but again, up until that point, largely peaceful. the curfew -- this is the video of the arrest that we shot a few moments ago. as i'm talking to you again, can see more folks running. lots of folks running now. sirens -- i think we can show you this. moving down the street, [sirens] >> this is something we just saw unfolding. >> we were just -- we just at the top of the show had gone up in the jeanie to get a look...
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an approach ron johnson was taking about before. i should note, as much as there's a community policing approach, a lot of officials don't have name badges on them which makes it very difficult to provide accountability in the moment. you're seeing, though, there, clergy and the police talking and praying. joining me, antonio french, and paul muhammad. both of these gentleman have been intimately involved in trying to channel protests in peaceful means in interactions late in the night. johnson, just while we had him at that camera, moments ago, what happened there? >> captain johnson and i had a very brief interaction. he was called off to another event down in the ground zero area to go and take care of -- so we didn't really have an opportunity to have that much interaction. he thanked me for being involved and helping out in the efforts. i had a few questions that i wanted to interact and ask him about our accountability, continuing to listen and work with the people and be about our work and what we say we're going to do with f
an approach ron johnson was taking about before. i should note, as much as there's a community policing approach, a lot of officials don't have name badges on them which makes it very difficult to provide accountability in the moment. you're seeing, though, there, clergy and the police talking and praying. joining me, antonio french, and paul muhammad. both of these gentleman have been intimately involved in trying to channel protests in peaceful means in interactions late in the night....
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put ron johnson from the highway patrol over this atmosphere, and he completely changed it overnight. now, i get a sense that we're going back to the very few days after this incident, because of some of these things that are happening right now. >> are you anticipating, is the family anticipating or bracing for a kind of barrage of leaks about mike brown? >> no doubt about it. we anticipate that will happen. the family has made it clear from the very beginning that mike brown jr. was not a perfect kid. his father described him as a dad placing his foot on his son's neck to keep him straight. the mother emphasized at the very beginning, i tried hard to get and keep him focussed and keep him going in school. as far as i'm concerned, all of that stuff does not matter when you're examining the final few moments of his life. it does not matter. >> yeah. anthony gray, he's attorney for the family of mike brown, thank you, sir. joining me now is the democratic mayor of st. louis, francis slay. mayor slay, i have to say, the images that are coming out of ferguson, missouri, are coming out of
put ron johnson from the highway patrol over this atmosphere, and he completely changed it overnight. now, i get a sense that we're going back to the very few days after this incident, because of some of these things that are happening right now. >> are you anticipating, is the family anticipating or bracing for a kind of barrage of leaks about mike brown? >> no doubt about it. we anticipate that will happen. the family has made it clear from the very beginning that mike brown jr....
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as of yesterday at 6:00, dorian johnson is a federal witness now. so this issue now is one that's been taken over by the federal government. so we don't worry about bob mccullough anymore. >> the federal government can prosecute for things like hate crimes. but if it's simple murder or assault, can the federal government prosecute for that -- >> i think they will be able to find some angle in which they may be able to proceed with this matter. as a matter of fact, i believe they're going to present this case to a federal grand jury very soon. >> what did you make of the st. louis county prosecutor bob mccullough's comments, basically slamming jay nixon for the decision he made to essentially change the scene down here? >> well, think about this, the governor is in jefferson city. that's 137 miles away. what in god's name has gone on here that would cause a man to want to leave the governor's mansion in jefferson city handling the affairs of state to come to ferguson? obviously something terribly has gone wrong here. and i want to commend the governo
as of yesterday at 6:00, dorian johnson is a federal witness now. so this issue now is one that's been taken over by the federal government. so we don't worry about bob mccullough anymore. >> the federal government can prosecute for things like hate crimes. but if it's simple murder or assault, can the federal government prosecute for that -- >> i think they will be able to find some angle in which they may be able to proceed with this matter. as a matter of fact, i believe they're...
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and at the front of it was captain ron johnson of the state highway patrol. the man that was announced as being the director of security today. he was hugging people. he was apologizing to people on behalf of the police for what happened last night. joining me now to talk about what things feel like tonight, versus last night, i have dr. steph stephan, a professor. >> it feels as though 1,000 pounds have been lifted off my shoulders. i feel great. >> you? >> like i said, there's a difference between what you saw last night and what you see tonight. tonight you see people able to walk around while breathing. last night, they had some problems with that. so it doesn't look militarized as it did yesterday. >> there's also a sense here tonight, i means people seem like they aren't scared. and you can feel the difference because you could see the people -- i mean, i had journalists, some journalists who have been in war zones tweeting out photos like, i do not like looking down the barrel of a gun. >> people are expressing their right to asystsemble and speak t th
and at the front of it was captain ron johnson of the state highway patrol. the man that was announced as being the director of security today. he was hugging people. he was apologizing to people on behalf of the police for what happened last night. joining me now to talk about what things feel like tonight, versus last night, i have dr. steph stephan, a professor. >> it feels as though 1,000 pounds have been lifted off my shoulders. i feel great. >> you? >> like i said,...
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johnson. last night there were for the fourth day running, protests, reporters on the scene near the quick trip, close to where michael brown was shot and killed, have said the protest was largely nonviolent. they used tear gas after bottles flew at officers. tom jackson requested citizens to peacefully protest daylight hours. this is a request only, there is no kerr few being imposed as long as traffic is not being blocked. protests are still at night. the police chief also addressed rumors circulating after the shooting. >> there were threats against an officer's life, and so out of abundance of caution, we weighed the value of releasing the name right now against the safety factor to both him and his family and his neighborhood, and we opted to postpone that. >> a reference, the department's continued withholding of the name of the police officer in question. the one who shot and killed michael brown. chief jackson said he's planning to meet with michael brown's family, the local head of th
johnson. last night there were for the fourth day running, protests, reporters on the scene near the quick trip, close to where michael brown was shot and killed, have said the protest was largely nonviolent. they used tear gas after bottles flew at officers. tom jackson requested citizens to peacefully protest daylight hours. this is a request only, there is no kerr few being imposed as long as traffic is not being blocked. protests are still at night. the police chief also addressed rumors...